Holotype: "Male holotype from Pine Valley, San Diego County, California, July 10, 1953 (W.J. and J.W. Gertsch), in the American Museum of Natural History. Male paratype from Idyllwild, Riverside County, California, July 7, 1953 (W.J. and J.W. Gertsch), in the American Museum of Natural History" (Muma, 1962, p. 27).

Chelicerae Description: "Dentition of chelicerae as shown in figures 33 to 35. Movable finger with principal tooth large, anterior tooth reduced to a low pointed ridge, two intermediate teeth of which proximal is larger, and no mesial tooth. Fixed finger evenly curved but considerably expanded on basal half. Fondal notch U-shaped, obscure, about one-half as wide as base of fixed finger and bearing one minute denticule on ventral margin" (Muma, 1962, p. 27).

Chelicerae Setae Description: "Groove of fixed finger a distinct but shallow dorsomesial slot extending almost to base of finger. Flagellum complex consisting of a dorsal row of flattened, faintly striated, curved bristles, a mesial series of plumose bristles of which apical flattened and covering basal portion of groove and a basal or ventral series of tubular bristles. Mesial setae of movable finger plumose only on basal quarter of articulation area" (Muma, 1962, p. 27).

Ctenidia Description: "First post-spiracular abdominal sternite provided with two flattened blade-like ctenidia extending almost to posterior margin of succeeding segment (fig. 37)" (Muma, 1962, p. 27).

Diagnosis: "This small species is easily distinguished from other species of Therobates Muma by the striking abdominal coloration" (Muma, 1962, p. 25).

Eremochelis striodorsalis [formerly Therobates striodorsalis (Muma, 1962)] – AMNH male holotype from Pine Valley, San Diego County, California, July 10, 1953; coll., W.J. and J.W. Gertsch;

(All measurements in sp description except papillae segments)

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